Founding AI Engineer
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Founding Software Engineer AI (Python / Typescript) 150,000 175,000 + meaningful equity On-site in London (10K relocation provided) Join a deeply technical AI-native startup founded by PhDs and researchers from Cambridge, Imperial, and other top European and US institutions . This is an opportunity to work directly with a team whove published at leading AI conferences, built open-source tools used across the industry, and scaled high-performance systems from first principles. Now, theyre hiring a Founding Software Engineer to help build the next generation of reasoning tools powered by large language models. The product is already live with paying customers, and the company is well-funded with serious growth ambitions. What you'll work on: Architecting and scaling LLM-powered applications Building efficient inference pipelines and backend infrastructure Working across the stack to ship production-grade code fast Collaborating directly with the founders and early technical hires What
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theyre looking for: A degree from a world-leading university (e.g. Cambridge, Oxford, EPFL, ETH Zurich, ENS, TUM, etc.) Experience in AI-focused products, ideally within a high-growth or research-heavy environment Strong Python engineering skills; full-stack capability a bonus (Postgres, Typescript, React) A bias toward action, autonomy, and technical depth This isnt a typical startup job. Its a chance to work alongside an elite team of engineers and scientists on hard technical problems with equity and early ownership in a company building something truly original in the AI space. If youre ready to build fast, learn constantly, and work on meaningful AI challenges, wed love to hear from you.